Yesterday I finished warping up my Earth Loom. I put 16 warp threads on it for the 16 mysteries of Lakota understanding. The warp is a Linen Rug warp - I hope it will stand up to the elements well.
So then I wondered what will I weave with?
Well right there was my answer - some dried fern branches, some green ones too, a bit of cedar …
What else? I found an arbutus branch, put in some handspun wool (sheep live outside, this should be fine), and some salal …
There will be more to come. I hope that others will weave some found objects into it too. I think I might need to get some seaweed and driftwood to weave the earth and sea together.
Looking up …
and the view from above …
And my first post with some background on the Earth Loom can be found here.
Happy Weaving,
Terri
My website: www.saorisaltspring.com
on Sep 16th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
The Earth Loom is fabulous! Congratulations
on Sep 25th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Thank you for sharing your progress on your Earth Loom! I love the idea of an earth loom - perhaps a scaled down version for my postage stamp size yard!
Can’t wait to see what you are adding next!
on Sep 27th, 2009 at 12:56 am
hey found this blog thru heather at true stitches, fabulous!
on Sep 28th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
lovely, can’t wait to see it finished…
on Oct 1st, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Thanks all! A few more things have found their way into the weaving - some shells, some arbutus bark, some Big Leaf Maple leaves, honeysuckle berries (which were then eaten by a bird or deer), red plum tree leaves, some pine cones and some curly wisteria vine…
Happy Weaving,
Terri